MARA vs. PAGS, IDCC, EVTC, RAMP, STER, RCM, SPXC, FCFS, FOUR, and EXLS
Should you be buying Marathon Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Digital include PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), InterDigital (IDCC), EVERTEC (EVTC), LiveRamp (RAMP), Sterling Check (STER), R1 RCM (RCM), SPX Technologies (SPXC), FirstCash (FCFS), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), and ExlService (EXLS).
Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) and PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PagSeguro Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Marathon Digital. PagSeguro Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PagSeguro Digital received 78 more outperform votes than Marathon Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.68% of users gave PagSeguro Digital an outperform vote while only 54.40% of users gave Marathon Digital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Marathon Digital had 15 more articles in the media than PagSeguro Digital. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Marathon Digital and 9 mentions for PagSeguro Digital. PagSeguro Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Marathon Digital's score of 0.46 indicating that PagSeguro Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marathon Digital has a beta of 5.39, suggesting that its share price is 439% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marathon Digital currently has a consensus target price of $19.47, suggesting a potential downside of 11.77%. PagSeguro Digital has a consensus target price of $14.98, suggesting a potential upside of 4.32%. Given PagSeguro Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PagSeguro Digital is more favorable than Marathon Digital.
Marathon Digital has a net margin of 48.93% compared to PagSeguro Digital's net margin of 10.37%. PagSeguro Digital's return on equity of 13.94% beat Marathon Digital's return on equity.
Summary
PagSeguro Digital beats Marathon Digital on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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